Sarcoidosis with Hepatic Involvement: A Case Report

Özgüven, Banu Yılmaz

doi:10.14744/semb.2017.76598

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“…Presence of such nodules may confuse with metastatic or other granulomatous diseases [9].Liver biopsy followed by histopathology is the gold standard to diagnose sarcoidosis. Noncaseating and Epithelioid Granulomas are abundant and are mainly in the portal and periportal regions [10].Granulomas are reported in 60%-80% cases of liver sarcoidosis [11].Management of Hepatic Sarcoidosis include observation and medical management. Observation is indicated when the patient is asymptomatic [3].…”

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Hepatic Sarcoidosis- an Unusual Cause of Jaundice: a Case Report

Majumder,

Khalil,

Siddqui

et al. 2024

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Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a chronic disorder. Its hallmark is the presence of noncaseating granuloma. Most cases are asymptomatic. However, few of them progress to liver cirrhosis and liver failure. Treatment of hepatic sarcoidosis is challenging as there is no large randomized controlled till date has been done to evaluate the efficacy of drugs. The Unique characteristic of this case report is that Sarcoidosis may present with jaundice and need to be borne in mind when a patient presenting with jaundice and no usual cause failed to be identify any usual cause. Despite having sarcoidosis, the patient did not have any respiratory symptom. Case presentation: We are presenting a case of hepatic sarcoidosis who presented with abdominal pain, fever and jaundice. After excluding of all common causes of jaundice, hepatic sarcoidosis was diagnosed with liver biopsy. Conclusion: High levels of suspicion is needed to diagnose hepatic sarcoidosis as this is an unusual cause of jaundice. Although rare, hepatic sarcoidosis can be treated with steroids. The prime take-away message from this case report is to consider Sarcoidosis as an unusual but treatable cause of jaundice when the conventional causes are failed to be the cause of jaundice.

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